"When I'm engaged in a story my health is not a big deal, but when I'm not doing anything, if you sit me down, I can get tied up in my own medical dramas. So I much prefer to work."

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Source : "Katherine Boo: Slum dweller" by Susanna Rustin, www.theguardian.com. June 8, 1012.

Katherine Boo

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“It is only the souls that do not love that go empty in this world.”

Source : Robert Hugh Benson (2012). “The History of Richard Raynal, Solitary”, p.35, tredition
“My mentors in life are much older than me and have been through life. They can actually give me some sound advice on what I'm going through.”
“Some people are more affected by, I hate to use the word "success," but I don't know what else to say, but some people are more affected by that than others.”
“Like a one eyed cat peepin' in a seafood store.”

Source : Song: Shake, Rattle and Roll
“The only true non-conformists are in the asylums; the only radically free spirits are in the death house awaiting the chair. We live by patterns.”

Source : Herman Wouk (1970). “This is my God: the Jewish way of life”, Touchstone
“Keep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap. Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.”
“God works in his elect in two ways: inwardly, by his Spirit; outwardly, by his Word.”
“I also think that if you want to put a price on carbon, why not just do it with a simple tax? Why not ask motorists to pay more, why not ask electricity consumers to pay more and then at the end of the year you can take your invoices to the tax office and get a rebate of the carbon tax you've paid”

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